3.0.0 1873 2023-01-11T13:27:40Z 2023-01-11T13:27:40Z House HR 2015-04-16 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 55 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WOODALL:H.R. 1873.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 and Clause 7, Section 8 of Article 1 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H2309]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-04-16T13:08:10Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2015-04-16T13:08:05Z 2015-04-16 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2015-04-16 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-04-16 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2015-04-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-04-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000810 Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] Rob Woodall R GA 7 N D000622 Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] Tammy Duckworth D IL 8 2015-04-16 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2015-04-16 True J000295 Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] David Joyce R OH P. 14 2015-04-16 True R000587 Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] Reid Ribble R WI J. 8 2015-04-16 True A000373 Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] Brad Ashford D NE 2 2015-09-28 False Congress Congressional officers and employees Congressional operations and organization Members of Congress Postal service Congress 00 2015-04-16 Introduced in House 2015-05-01T18:51:37Z Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act

Amends federal postal law to repeal franking privileges for mail transmitted by Members of Congress and congressional officials. Requires the mail to be transmitted as congressional mail.

Replaces requirements and procedures for the use of franked mail with those for congressional mail.

Repeals franked mailing privileges for survivors of Members of Congress.

Requires a former President and his or her surviving spouse to send nonpolitical mail within the United States and its territories and possessions as congressional mail instead of franked mail.

]]> Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act Display Title Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act Official Title as Introduced To eliminate the use of the frank for mail transmitted by Members of Congress and Congressional officials, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act Introduced in House 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1873ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1873ih.xml 2015-04-16 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.